Hello! I was looking for a cheap laptop to install Mandrake. Unlike home made towers, it is quite difficult to buy parts, so I had a look at the net in order to find computers without windows. I found an interesting home page:
http://www.bestpricecomputers.ltd.uk/products/nowindows.htm At the beginning of the page, they give a few links related to Microsoft's unfair practices, with sounds good at a first glance. But in the paragraph "Not to worry, I'll install Windows myself", they say: "We do not ship PCs with blank hard disks.". When reading a bit further, you understand that this means, we will not ship without windows. Basically, if you want to buy a computer, you should provide them with your windows registration number => YOU SHOULD OWN A WINDOWS COPY. And I am not sure of that, but maybe it will not work if it is an OEM registration number.... The sentence: "Trust the experts. We have the resources and time to keep abreast with the latest drivers and patches. That makes a big difference to the performance of your PC. Your PC will be better for it." is also worth mentioning. Basically, we are idiots. And the cherry on top of the cake is the last paragraph: Basically, they would really like shipping linux machines, but there is not enough demand for such a thing. Now fasten your seat belts: > "If you must have Linux/Unix on your PC the only way to do > it is to receive the PC with Windows & format the drive. It's a > minor inconvenience for a great PC at a great price... a minor inconvenience that implies that you own a copy of microshit. > especially bearing in mind that most mail order companies > insist you buy Windows with your PC; they in fact just > "bundle" it in with the price of the machine :-) Read the whole page. That's a good example of commercial hyocrisy. Pascal Sorry for your time, I couldn't help spreading this. I wrote them a mail to tell them what I think.
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